Legal Opinion
United States v. Russell Terry Williams
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1993No. 92-1360PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
Russell Terry Williams appeals his conviction and sentence for distributing cocaine. He argues that evidence of his presence during a later drug deal was inadmissible, and that his counsel was ineffective in failing to listen to tapes of the drug transaction before trial. Williams also argues that his sentence was improper, claiming that he did not negotiate to sell some cocaine that was counted in his base offense level, and that the District Court 1 miscalculated his criminal history. We affirm.
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